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Gnome-1 7 W' A. 'LL-L-LEI' Patented Aug. 28, 1928.

WILLIAM A. FULLER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

WARDROBE.

Application filed December 16, 1924. Serial No. 756,299.

This invention relates to an improved receptacle adapted to be used for receiving garments in uncramped relation therein, and which may be used for transporting or storing garments so receivedtherein.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a relatively simple, economical, and compact receptacle, in the form of a wardrobe, which is of such a nature that the same mayreceive garments therein in freely suspended relation for the purpose of transporting said garments, as when carrying them to and from a cleaner, tailor, etc.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a novel type of closet or receptacle adapted to receive garments therein, and having a novel closure and assembling arrangement, and preferably being provided for the purpose of receiving garments for transporting or storing them in such manner that they will not be exposed to light and dust.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a novel type of receptacle adapted to be formed. of light sheet metal, fiber, cardboard, or the like, and which is preferably formed of a blank sheet folded to the de sired form, and providing a very durable construction which mav receive garments in carefully suspended relation therein.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred type of improved receptacle or wardrobe, showing the same in closed upright position.

F'gure 2 is a cross sectional view taken through the improved Wardrobe. showing internal details and construction. thereof.

Figures 3 and 4 are cross sectional views taken substantially on their respective lines in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view of a blank sheet of material, out of which the improved receptacle illustrated in Figure 1 may be formed, this blank showing a corner arrangement which is preferably the same for all corners of the blank.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of the improvedreceptacle or wardrobe, showing the same partiallv open.

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken through the improved wardrobe, showing cooperating features thereof.

Figures Sand 9 are cross sectional views taken substantiallyon their respective lines in Figures 7 and 8 of the drawings. I

Figure 10 is a fragmentary view of a corner of a blank of which the improved wardrobe illustrated in Figure 6 is formed, this corner view showing the general formation of all of the corners of the blank.

Figure 11 is a perspective view of a further modified form of the improved wardrobe, showing the same partially open.

Figure 12 is across sectional view taken through the improved wardrobe illustrated in Figure 11, showing cooperating details of construction. Figures 13 and 14 are cross sectional views taken substantially on their respective lines in Figures 12 and 13 of the drawings.

Figure 15 is a fragmentary view of a blank.

out of which the improved wardrobe illustrated in Figure 11 is'forn'led, this blank showing but a corner of the same, which construction is the same for all corners of this blanln I In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration are shown preferred and modified forms of this invention, the letter A may generally designate the preferred form, and

B and C, first and second modified forms respectively of the invention.

Referring to the receptacle or wardrobe A, the same is preferably formed from a single piece of blank material, 10, which includes the rear wall 11; top wall 12 bottom wall 18 side walls 1 1 and 15; front wall panels 17 and 18 disposed respectively adjacent the side walls 14 and 15, and at the front of the receptacle providing an entrance opening 20, over which I the closures 21 and 22 operate; said closures being hingedly connected with the front wall panels 17 and 18 respectively. 1

In addition to the front wall panels 17 and 18, at the sides of the receptacle A, top and bottom front wall panels 23 and 24 may also 7 beprovided, which are respectively connected with the top and bottom walls 12 and 13, as will be subsequently described; said front wall panels 17 18, 23 and 24 providing the opening- 20. The socalled front wall panels 17, 18, 23 and 24 may also be termed jambs.

Referring now to the formation of the blank 10, so that the same may be formed to provide the wardrobe. or receptacle A, Figure 5 shows a corner of this blank, but it is to be understood that the formation at all corners is the same, or substantially the same for the form of receptacle A. Thus,the panel 23 is 1 p the line being contiguous with the line 28.

the rear wall 11 of the receptacle is connectedon a fold line 31 with the wall 12, and the side wall 14 is connected on a fold line 32 with the rear wall 11, the line 32 being contiguous with the fold lines 28 and 30. The strips 27 and 29 are free to move with respect to each other and with respect to the side wall 14, being separated therefrom as by cutting. The side wall 14 is connected to the front wall panel 17 upon a fold line 33, and similarly the closure 21 is connected at the opposite edge of the panel 17 on a fold line 34; the connection of said closure 21 with the front wall panel17 on the line 34 providing a hinge, so to speak.

In assemblage, at each corner of the blank illustrated in Figure 5, the strip 27 is first folded on its line 28 into substantially right angled relation with its panel 23 or 24, and in similar manner the strip 29 is folded on its line 30 into substantially right angled relation to its wall 12 or 13, and at the same side of the wall as that side to which the strip 27 extends when folded. The panels 23 and 24 are then folded into right angled relation to their walls 12 and 13 and so that the strips 27 and 29 are in abutting conforming relation at each corner. The walls 12, 13, 14 and 15 are next folded on their respective fold line into right angled relation to the back wall 11, and this places the strips 27 and 29 to the inside surface of the side walls 14 and 15, as is illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4 of the draw ings. The panels 17 and 18 and closures 21 and 22 are next folded on their lines into the relation illustrated in the drawings.

l'Vhen the corners of the receptacle A have been so assembled, sealing strips 36, 37, 38 and 39 are placed at the corners of the receptacle A, in order to seal the side, top and bottom walls in the assembled relation. The sealing strip 36 is bent in right angled relation to seal the joint at the top wall 12 with the side wall 14. In similar manner the strip 37 is provided to seal the joint at the juncture of the top wall 12 with the side wall 14. In similar manner the strip 38 is provided to seal the joint at the juncture ofthe bottom wall 13 and side wall 14. The strip 39 is provided to seal the joint at the juncture of the bottom wal 13 and side wall 15. In order to secure the front panels 17 and 18 in rigid relation to the side and top-and bottom walls, sealing strips 40 are provided, which eiigage the upesse /s per and lower portions of said front wall panels 17 and 18, and seal them in position to the top and bottom walls.

When the receptacle A is assembled as above described, the front wall panels 17, 18, 23 and 24 provide the polygonal opening 20, and the closures 21 and 22 may swing into closed overlappin relation over this opening; the upper and lower-portions of said closures of course overlapping the upper and lower front wall panels 23 and 24, as'is illustrated in the drawings, and providing a light and1 dust excluding jointed connection therewit 1.

The means for maintaining the closures or doors 21 and 22 closed contemplates the provision of washers 42, riveted by reduced rivets 43 to the closures 21 and 22, one of the rivets 43 having a. piece of twine or cable 44 secured thereto, which is adapted to be wound about the reduced shank of the other rivet behind the washer 42 thereof, and the twine or cable 44 may thus be wound over the shanks of the rivets behind the washers in order to secure the doors in closed position, as is illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings.

It is preferred to provide means supported by the wall 12 in order tosuspend the garment within the compartment of the receptacle A, and this means preferably comprises a member 46, preferably formed of wire, adapted to support a hanger 47 within the compartment of the said receptacle. The member 46 is of unusual formation, being bent intermediate its ends at 50, doubled upon itself to provide a slot 49 which receives the wall 12 therebetween, with the bight portion 50 extending through a slot 51 provided in the top wall 12, and as is illustrated in Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings. Exteriorly of the wall 12, the member 46 provides an up standing hook or hand engaging member 53, and interiorly of the receptacle compartment, below the wall 12, the said member 46 is bent to provide the hook 55, which supports the hanger 47. The intermediate bent doubled portion of the member 46 is resilient in nature, and clamps to the top wall 12 for supporting the member 46 in the position shown and. above mentioned.

The hanger 47 is preferably formed of fiber or analogous cheap material, providing the coat or garment hanging portion 57, and the trousers supporting bar 58; the upper portion of said hanger being provided with an opening 59 to receive the hook 55.

Referring to the improved receptacle B, the same is analogous inform to the receptacle A, including front, side, rear, top and bottom walls, and front Wall closures which are analogous to the construction illustrated for the form A, and the same reference characters have been given to the form of invention B, as have been given for the form of invention A, in so far as they are applicable.

The blank which is fragmentarily illustrated in Figure 10 of the. :drawings, may be given the reference character'lO and it is formed at each corner similar'to the form. of invention A, with this exception, that the front wall panels at the top and bottom of the receptacle, designated by reference characters 23 and 24, do not have the end strip 27, as illustrated for the form A of invention,

but are terminated at their end edges in.

alignment with the folding line 30 of the strip 29. The strips 29 are provided at the ends of the top and bottom walls 12 and 13 of the form of invention B, and these strips 29" are connected by folding line 30 with the said top and bottom walls, substantially as is illustrated in Figure 10 of the drawings. An attaching strip 60 is provided outwardly of the strip 29 attached to the latter on a folding line 61. At each corner of the blank 10, the front wall panels 23 and 24.- are provided with openings 62, the stripsGO are centrally provided with openings 63; and the front wall panels 17 and 18 are provided with openings 64. In assembling the blank 1O the panel 23 is bent on its fold line. 26 at right angles to the inside surface of the top wall 12, and the attaching'strip 60 is bent at right angles to the strip 29. The strip 29 is then bent at right angles on its fold line 30 to the top wall 12, and so that the attachlng strip 60 lies in abutting relation at the inside surface of the front wall panel 23, to align the openings 61 and 62. The remainder of the blank 1t) is then assembled as above described for the preferred form of inventionA, and when so assembled the strip 29 'lies inabutting relation at the inside of the side wall 14:, and the upper portion of the front wall panel 17 lies in abutting relation at the end of the front wall panel 23, to align the opening64:

with the already aligned openings 62 and 63, so that a rivet element 66, as is illustrated in the drawings, maybe placed through said aligning openings for connecting the walls of the receptacle B in the relation shown, to'

provide a very stable, reinforced light excluding anddust-proof joint. This mode of attachment is followed for all of the corners of the receptacle B, and it is to be noted that the rivets 66 hold the receptacle B in the form illustrated, providing the stable connected walls.

The closure arrangement, the closure fastening means and garment hanger supporting means is the same as illustrated for the form of invention A, and for the modified form B these parts have been given the.

same numerals as has been above described for the preferred form of invention A.

It may be stated, that in lieu of providing front wall panels along the side walls, the modified form B may dispense with said side panels, and the rivets attached to the side walls of the receptacle. thus providing closures which extend for pivotal and hinged connection to the side walls. This construction has not been shown, but it isbelieved will be obvious, in view of the above and hereinafter descriptions.

Referring to the second modified form of invention C, the same is somewhat of the form illustrated for the receptacles A and B,

and is preferably formed of a blank sheet of material 70, of fiber, sheet, metal, or the like. In its completed form it includes a back wall 71; top Wall 72; bottom wall 73; side walls a width to permit overlapping at their outerends, substantially as is illustrated in Figure 12, when they are closed. The corners of the walls are held in assembled relation by means of tongue and slot arrangement, as is illustrated in the drawings, and as is more par-v ticularly illustrated in the blank view in Figure 15, showing acorner of the blank 70. In this view the corner at the juncture of the top wall 71 and side wall 75 is shown. This blank 70 shows the provision of strips 83 extending outwardly at the ends of the front wall panel 76, on which locking tongues 84 are provided. Outwardly of the ends of the top wall 71, reinforcing strips 85 are provided, and it is to be understood that similarreinforcing strips 85 are provided for the lower wall 73. Beferring to the manner of assembling the corner illustrated in Figure 15, the front wall panel 76 is bent at right angled relation towards the inside surface of the top wall 71., on fold line 87, and the strips 83 at tlie ends of the panel7 6, are bent toward the inside surface of said panel, on fold lines 88. In similar manner the strips 85 are bent on the fold lines 89 to the inside surface of the top wall 71,-and at right angled relation therewith. The strip 83 lies at the outside surface of the strip 85 when the same are in their assembled relation, and when the top wall 71 is at right angled relation on its fold line 90, withre'spect to the back wall 71, and said back wall 71 has the side wall 75 bent at right angled relation on its fold line 91, the tongue 84 is then in position to be slipped through the diagonal slot 95 provided in the side wall 7 5, so that the tongue84t catches at the abrupt shoulder edge thereof, at a corner of the slotv 95, and as is illustrated in the drawings, to hold the top, bottom, side and rear walls of the receptacleC in assembled relation. It is of course understood that the tongue and groove joints are the same for each corner of the receptacle C, and analogous reference In contrast to the forms A and B of the in vention it is to be noted that the opening 79 for the receptacle or wardrobe C is wider than the openings for the other wardrobes A and B, because of the fact that no front wall panels along the side walls of the receptacle have been provided, but the doors 80 and 81 are wider than the doors for the wardrobes or receptacles A and B. The fastening means for the closures 80 and 81 is the same as above described for the forms of invention A and B, and similar reference characters have been given to such fastening means for the form of invention 0 as has been above given form of invention A. Likewise, the member 46 is also provided for the form of invention C, and assembled on the top wall 71 thereof, in manner similar to that above described for the form of invention A.

From the foregoing description of this invention it is apparent that a novel type of wardrobe receptacle has been provided which can be used for a variety of purposes in con: nection with the handling and storing of clothes. The device is particularly desirable for private use in connection with the carrying of garments from a tailor to prevent the same from being cramped. The receptacle-s can be vended or given away by tailors, cleaners, and the like, for advertising purposes, and are especially desirable in connection with the storage of garments, providing a practically impervious compartment which may have some moth repellent material therein, such as camphor. When the device is used for storing furs, for any considerable period, the meeting edges of the various walls may be entirely sealed with tape.

Various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be made to the forms of invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spiritof the invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim: 7

1. A receptacle of the class described providing a top wall and defining a compartment therein having an opening therein, closure means for said opening, said top wall having vmember on said top wall, said member includlng a handle formed on the arm at the outer side of said top wall and including a supporting hook at the inner side of said top Wall, said last mentioned hook'extending into said compartment.

2. A receptacle formed of a blank of sheet material including a rear wall, top and bottom. and side walls integral with and folded therefrom into right angled relation therewith, strips of adhesive connecting the structure of the top and bottom with said side walls to provide a compartment, front wall panels arranged along said side walls integral with and folded therefrom, strips of adhesive material connecting said front wall panels in stable assembled relation with said top and bottom walls, and closure means for said receptacle hingedly connected at said front wall panels.

8. A receptacle of the class described formed of a sheet of material bent to provide a rear wall with integral top and bottom and side walls providing a compartment, strips connected at the ends of said top and bottom walls, front wall panels connected at the outer edges of said top and bottom walls and side walls, means connecting the top and bottom walls with said front wall panels and with the strips folded at the interior of the adjacent side walls to assemble the said walls of the receptacle in a. stable relation provid ing an opening between the facing edges of said front wall panels, and closures hingedly connected to said front wall panels which are connected at the'outer edges of the side walls.

WILLIAM A. FULLER. 

